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Table Bay inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, lying off Western Cape, South Africa. Table Mt. overlooks the bay, which was visited in the late 15th cent. by Portuguese voyagers to India. The shore of Table Bay was settled by the Dutch in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. The open anchorage is protected by large breakwaters.

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Table Bay (Afrikaans: Tafelbaai), Western Cape/South Africa Aquada de Saldanha The Portuguese were the first Europeans to visit the bay c.1500 and they named it the ‘Watering Place of Saldanha’ after the Portuguese navigator, Antonio de Saldanha. In 1601 the Dutch renamed the bay after the mountain, Table Mountain, which overlooks it. At that time the name Saldanha Bay was given to another bay some 60 miles (100 km) to the north.

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